Tubular or hurricane lantern



No. 6l2,508. v Patent'edflct; I8, 1898. .1. H. SGHLAFLY.

TUBULAR 0R HURRICANE LANTERN.

iran STATES JULIUS H. SOHLAFLY, OF CANTON, OHIO.

TUBULAR OR HURRICANE LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,508, dated October 18, 1898.

Application filed February 18, 1898. Serial No. 670,737. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs H. SoHLArLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tubular or l-Iurrioane Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tubular or hurricane lanterns; and it consists of certain features of construction and combina tion of parts by which the combined globecarrying frame and annular spring-catch is formed of a single piece of wire shaped so as to constitute both the globe-carrying frame and the annular spring-catch, and also consists in providing a lever attached to the lower air chamber or tube, one end of which lever is linked to the globe-plate and the other free end adapted to be locked in its several positions in a notched segment attached to the tubular frame, by means of which the globe maybe readily raised and lowered and locked in either position, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

Figure l is a perspective View of a tubular lantern, showing the combined globe-carryin g frame and annular spring-catch and raising and lowering lever applied thereto and showing the position thereof when the globecarrying frame is raised. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the combined globe-carrying frame and annular spring-catch detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the top of the sliding bell, showing the method of attaching the globe-carrying frame and annular spring-catch to the bell. Fig. 4 is a side View showing the position of the lever and locking-segment when the globe-plate is raised. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the position of the lever when the globe-plate is lowered.

.Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several drawings.

A represents the oil-pot of the lantern, upon which are mounted the air-chamber B and the burner C, which may be of any desired form of construction. To the air-chamber B, and on either side thereof, are attached horizontal air-tubes connecting with vertical side tubes, which in turn connect with horizontal tubes at the top of the lantern, terminating in the centrally-depending air-tube D, carrying the sliding bell E, to which is attached the combined globe-carrying frame and annular spring-catch F formed of a single piece of wire.

The combined globe-carrying frame and annular spring-catch F consists of a single piece of wire. The free ends f and f thereof engage with or are soldered to the end portion of the globe-plate G and passed up on either side of the globe through guide-loops l1 and I upon the inner side of the vertical side tubes and are held in engagement with the bell E by means of small wire loops 6,

reamed in the edge of the bell, and thence.

continue to the rear of the bell and are bent downward and inward and thence around the globe to the front of the lantern and up ward, forming a lifting handle or grip f For the purpose of raising and lowering the globe-plate and globe-carrying frame the lifting-lever J is journaled on the lower horizontal air-tube at the right side of the lantern, and 'to the inner side thereof there is attached a link j, having a pivotal connection with the innerunder side of the globe-plate G. The free end of the lifting-lever is adapted to engage with a notched segmental rack K,soldered to or otherwise attached to the inner edge of the right-hand vertical tube and the outer end of the lower horizontal tube, so that when the lever is pressed down, raising the globe, the free end engages with the lower notch of the segmental rack and holds' the lamp open, andwhen the free end of the lever is detached and the lantern closed the free end of the lever engages the upper notch in the segmental rack, thus locking the lantern in its closed position. I

Heretofore the globe-carrying frame and the annular spring-catch have been made of separate pieces of wire, requiring'a greater amount of labor and expense, and have been subject togreater wear by reason thereof. My device in this particular overcomes all these difficulties, and the globe-carrying frame and annular spring-catch are formed of a single piece of wire by one operation and are attached to the bell by the simple means of the reamed loops, thus avoiding soldering, which is apt to become detached by the heat of the lantern.

Having thus fully described my invention, 7

What I desire to secure and claim by Letters Patent is p A combined globe-carrying frame and annular spring-catch formed of a single piece of Wire, the upper portion of which is so shaped as to form an annular spring-catch for engagement With the globe, the free ends thereof adapted to pass through the guide-loops attached to the inner sides of the vertical air- 10 tubes and engage with the globe-plate, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIUS H. SOHLAFLY.

lVitnesse's:

CHAS. R. MILLER, CHAs. M. BALL. 

